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An Evening With Angela Davis

April 17, 2013

The NLGSF is cosponsoring this event.

In Commemoration of Palestinian Prisoner’s DayWednesday, April 17, 7pmFirst Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing Way, at Dana
Just a 15 minute walk from Downtown Berkeley Bart

Introduced by Palestinian journalist from Dheisheh Refugee Camp, Ziad Abbas, who will speak about Palestinian children prisoners

Angela Davis co-founded Critical Resistance, taught the History of Consciousness, directed Feminist Studies, ran for Vice-President twice, and wrote many excellent books – including Women, Race and Class and Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire. Now she is celebrating the release of her new book, The Meaning of Freedom and Other Difficult Dialogues. Angela will sign books after the event.

In 2011, she traveled on a women of color delegation to Palestine, which later issued a call for divestment from Israel. In 2012 she participated in the Russell Tribunal on Palestine in New York City. This event benefits MECA's work with Palestinian children.

"Herbert Marcuse taught me that it was possible to be an academic, an activist, a scholar, and a revolutionary." –Angela Davis

"Davis' arguments for justice are formidable...The power of her historical insights and the sweetness of her dream cannot be denied." – New York Times